dgphelps
New member
Been busy with work and silent for the most part here. My tanks have been kicking along ok with minimal attention from me. Today however, a piece of the skylight fixture fell onto my 5 gallon tank and hit it right in the front, cracking the glass and chipping off a big piece.
I thought, no big deal I have been meaning to merge the 2 tanks into a 10 gallon anyway but am still working so I can ignore it since it didn't burst. Then I heard the crack slowly grow not knowing what I was hearing until I checked.
So before I wound up with gallons of water on the rug I quickly drained it. Moved everything to buckets, got what sand I could into the new 10 gallon and filled it up with all the water from both tanks and then just plopped everything in.
It's a cloudy mess, i have no clue where things went. I never built the equipment box so it's just a 10 gallon with a nice black back and lots of rocks and coral jumbled in. The lights don't work with this new setup, there wasn't enough sand, and the pumps and heaters are just rammed in. It's a mess!
If I am smart I will move everything out, add some new sand to top it up, do a few water changes, and put things in nicely. I'm not that smart so it'll be interesting where things are by the end of the weekend. Just thought I would share. Hope my crappy day absorbs it and you all have a good one. And yes, I know it could have been much worse.
I thought, no big deal I have been meaning to merge the 2 tanks into a 10 gallon anyway but am still working so I can ignore it since it didn't burst. Then I heard the crack slowly grow not knowing what I was hearing until I checked.
So before I wound up with gallons of water on the rug I quickly drained it. Moved everything to buckets, got what sand I could into the new 10 gallon and filled it up with all the water from both tanks and then just plopped everything in.
It's a cloudy mess, i have no clue where things went. I never built the equipment box so it's just a 10 gallon with a nice black back and lots of rocks and coral jumbled in. The lights don't work with this new setup, there wasn't enough sand, and the pumps and heaters are just rammed in. It's a mess!
If I am smart I will move everything out, add some new sand to top it up, do a few water changes, and put things in nicely. I'm not that smart so it'll be interesting where things are by the end of the weekend. Just thought I would share. Hope my crappy day absorbs it and you all have a good one. And yes, I know it could have been much worse.
